Libyan Qaeda suspect due in New York court

NEW YORK CITY : A Libyan Al-Qaeda suspect captured in Tripoli is to appear in court on Tuesday in New York where he faces trial over the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa. Anas al-Libi, a computer expert who had a $5 million bounty on his head as an alleged member of Al-Qaeda, arrived in New York at the weekend, a prosecutor said. The 49-year-old was indicted in the city in 2000, accused of conspiring in the bombing of the US embassy in Kenya that killed 213 people on August 7 1998. Another 5,000 people were wounded in the attack.